Intel Core i5-8400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

What is the difference between Intel Core i5-8400 and AMD Ryzen 5 5500U. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

1039Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score941
4533Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score4398
9216PassMark CPU Mark Rating13329
2409PassMark Single Thread Rating2469
51083DMark Time Spy Physics Score5560

Processor Specs

Intel Core i5-8400ProcessorAMD Ryzen 5 5500U
2800 MHzFrequency2100 MHz
4000 MHzMaximum Frequency4000 MHz
6Cores6
6Threads12
65 WTDP15 W
Intel UHD Graphics 630GPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 7
Coffee LakeCodenameCezanne
Socket 1151 LGAPackageSocket FP6

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

1046Single-Core Score969
4098Multi-Core Score3353
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit)Operating SystemPop!_OS 21.04
System manufacturer System Product NameModelLENOVO 20Y70047MX
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. PRIME B360M-AMotherboardLENOVO 20Y70047MX
BalancedPower Plan

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i5-8400NameAMD Ryzen 5 5500U
1 Processor, 6 CoresTopology1 Processor, 6 Cores, 12 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 10IdentifierAuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 104 Stepping 1
2.79 GHzBase Frequency4.06 GHz
3991 MHzMaximum Frequency
Socket 1151 LGAPackage
Coffee LakeCodename
32.0 KB x 3L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 6
32.0 KB x 3L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 6
256 KB x 3L2 Cache512 KB x 6
9.00 MB x 1L3 Cache4.00 MB x 2

Memory Information

16.00 GBSize14.53 GB
1197 MHzFrequency
DDR4 SDRAMType
1Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

1046Single-Core Score969
1379Crypto Score1862
971Integer Score901
1154Floating Point Score 969
1379
2.35 GB/sec
AES-XTS1862
3.17 GB/sec
931
4.71 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)773
3.91 MB/sec
1152
54.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression1154
54.6 Mpixels/sec
814
2.30 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)670
1.89 MTE/sec
947
1.11 MElements/sec
HTML5924
1.09 MElements/sec
961
301.0 Krows/sec
SQLite876
274.6 Krows/sec
1016
55.1 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering964
52.3 Mpixels/sec
987
314.4 KB/sec
Text Rendering904
287.9 KB/sec
984
7.67 Klines/sec
Clang832
6.48 Klines/sec
977
11.3 images/sec
Camera1119
13.0 images/sec
985
1.23 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics575
718.8 Kpairs/sec
1062
6577.2 FPS
Rigid Body Physics1167
7227.5 FPS
1025
56.4 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur1114
61.2 Mpixels/sec
1009
7.77 images/sec
Face Detection1298
10.00 images/sec
982
24.2 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection1089
26.8 Mpixels/sec
1793
88.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1487
73.0 Mpixels/sec
1997
27.2 Mpixels/sec
HDR2319
31.6 Mpixels/sec
1301
1.04 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing1489
1.20 Mpixels/sec
953
8.54 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion816
7.31 Kpixels/sec
1043
33.3 Words/sec
Speech Recognition326
10.4 Words/sec
978
37.8 images/sec
Machine Learning490
19.0 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

4098Multi-Core Score3353
2502Crypto Score2033
4078Integer Score3381
4407Floating Point Score 3511
2502
4.27 GB/sec
AES-XTS2033
3.47 GB/sec
4302
21.8 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)2285
11.6 MB/sec
6167
291.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression5036
238.2 Mpixels/sec
1713
4.83 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1497
4.22 MTE/sec
4779
5.61 MElements/sec
HTML55240
6.15 MElements/sec
4489
1.41 Mrows/sec
SQLite5520
1.73 Mrows/sec
4493
243.8 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering3537
191.9 Mpixels/sec
3349
1.04 MB/sec
Text Rendering2395
763.2 KB/sec
5049
39.3 Klines/sec
Clang3218
25.1 Klines/sec
4210
48.8 images/sec
Camera4245
49.2 images/sec
4384
5.49 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics1516
1.90 Mpairs/sec
5577
34551.0 FPS
Rigid Body Physics3675
22769.7 FPS
5129
281.9 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur2481
136.4 Mpixels/sec
5057
38.9 images/sec
Face Detection4862
37.4 images/sec
4148
102.2 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2751
67.8 Mpixels/sec
5756
282.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting4027
197.6 Mpixels/sec
9168
124.9 Mpixels/sec
HDR10772
146.8 Mpixels/sec
6965
5.59 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing9229
7.41 Mpixels/sec
4904
43.9 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion3640
32.6 Kpixels/sec
1867
59.7 Words/sec
Speech Recognition2680
85.7 Words/sec
1377
53.2 images/sec
Machine Learning1385
53.5 images/sec